{"id":55270,"date":"2026-03-16T19:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=55270"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:15:57","slug":"homburger-advised-novartis-ag-on-its-usd-12-bn-acquisition-of-avidity-biosciences-inc","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/homburger-advised-novartis-ag-on-its-usd-12-bn-acquisition-of-avidity-biosciences-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Homburger advised Novartis AG on its USD 12 bn acquisition of Avidity Biosciences, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On March 2, 2026, Novartis AG (SIX: NOVN \/ NYSE: NVS), acting through one of its wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>completed the acquisition of Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAM), pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement for a total value of approximately USD 12 bn.<\/p>\n<p>Homburger advised Novartis AG and its subsidiaries with respect to all Swiss law aspects of the acquisition of Avidity Biosciences, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The Homburger team was led by Frank Gerhard (Corporate \/ M&amp;A) and Benjamin Leisinger (Capital Markets) and included Stefan Bindschedler (Financing), Olivier Baum (Capital Markets, Corporate \/ M&amp;A) as well as Timo Hasler (Corporate \/ M&amp;A).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<br \/>\n<\/strong>Wanda Schweda \/ Marketing \/ <a href=\"mailto:marketing@homburger.ch\">marketing@homburger.ch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-55270","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/55270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}